I'd Die to Be with You Tonight explained

I'd Die to Be with You Tonight
Cover:I'd_Die_to_Be_With_you_Tonight.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Jimmy Barnes
Album:For the Working Class Man
B-Side:Vision
Released:26 August 1985[1]
Studio:Rhinoceros
Length:3:54
Label:Mushroom
Producer:
  • Chas Sandford
  • Gary Gersh
Prev Title:Daylight
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Working Class Man
Next Year:1985

"I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" is a song by Australian rock musician, Jimmy Barnes. Released in August 1985 as the lead single from his second studio album, For the Working Class Man. The song peaked at number seven on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming Barnes' first solo top ten single. Kim Carnes participates in the song on the harmony vocals.

The song was written by Chas Sandford. In his autobiography, Barnes claimed that Sandford was initially unwilling to part with the song, saying that he had already declined to give it to Don Henley because he was saving it for a solo album.[2]

The music video was filmed on the Pyrmont Bridge in 1985, before the Darling Harbour redevelopments.

Track listing

7" Single (K-9819)

12" /Maxi (X 14248)

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kent Music Report No 581 – 26 August 1985 > Singles: New Releases. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 30 December 2020.
  2. Book: Jimmy Barnes . Working Class Man . 2017 . HarperCollins. 978-1460752142. 279–280.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 27. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
  4. Web site: Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 30 December 2020.